{"id":648421,"date":"2026-03-09T06:36:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/648421\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T06:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:36:34","slug":"boston-college-fires-mens-basketball-coach-earl-grant-after-5-years-one-winning-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/648421\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston College fires men\u2019s basketball coach Earl Grant after 5 years, one winning season"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Earl Grant led Boston College to the NIT tournament in 2024. Don Juan Moore \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

March 8, 2026Updated 1:52 pm EDT<\/p>\n

Boston College has fired men\u2019s basketball coach Earl Grant after five seasons, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n

BC hired Grant in spring 2021 after a successful seven-year run at the College of Charleston, where he compiled a 127-89 record and a 89-50 mark in conference play, leading the Cougars to an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2018. He was named the CAA Coach of the Year in 2017.<\/p>\n

His tenure in Chestnut Hill proved more challenging. The Eagles never finished higher than 10th in the ACC standings under Grant and made just one postseason appearance \u2014 a trip to the NIT in 2024. The Eagles were 20-16 that season, the only winning season during Grant\u2019s tenure.<\/p>\n

Boston College was picked to finish last in the ACC heading into the 2025-26 season and ended up only ahead of Georgia Tech (which also fired its coach, Damon Stoudamire, on Sunday)<\/a>, with records of 11-20 overall and 4-14 in the ACC.<\/p>\n

Despite the on-court struggles, Grant secured four of the program\u2019s 10 highest-rated recruits and added transfer forward Quinten Post, whom the Golden State Warriors selected in the second round of the 2024 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n

One of the four recruits is still in high school: four-star Trey Beamer, who held offers from Mississippi State, Virginia Tech, Maryland and many others. Whether he will stay with the new coach or find a new landing spot is unknown.<\/p>\n

Grant, 49, spent time as an assistant coach at Clemson, Wichita State, Winthrop and The Citadel.<\/p>\n

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